Papers apologise for McCann slurs

Two British newspapers have apologised to the parents of Madeleine McCann for suggesting that they were responsible for their daughter's disappearance.

Madeleine, who turned four shortly after she disappeared, went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May last year while her parents ate dinner at a nearby restaurant with friends.

The McCanns' lawyers said the Daily Express and the Daily Star and their Sunday titles had published more than 100 articles that were grossly defamatory.